YREKA – Additional charges are pending against John Henry Dunn, the 36-year-old Yreka man who was arrested on Dec. 3 after authorities allegedly recovered child pornography from his Turre Street home, stated Yreka Police Department (YPD) Lt. Dave Gamache. He is currently out of custody.

On Dec. 5, Dunn was arraigned in the Siskiyou County Superior Court on charges of possession of obscene matter depicting a minor engaging in sexual conduct and distributing harmful matter with the intention of seducing a minor. He was being held in the Siskiyou County Jail on $25,000 bail.

At his arraignment, Superior Court Judge Donald Langford lowered Dunn’s bail from $25,000 to $15,000. Langford scheduled Dunn’s preliminary hearing for Dec. 14, at which time the judge will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to hold Dunn to answer to the charges.

Dunn has since posted bail and has been released from the jail, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office website.

However, Gamache stated that more child pornography-related charges are pending against Dunn. He alleged that on Dec. 10, YPD investigators identified another underage female among the images in Dunn’s files from the computer that they seized when they served him with a search warrant on Nov. 18.

Authorities reportedly discovered numerous female images that are sexual in nature when they seized Dunn’s computer, cameras and cellular phones from his residence during the search, said Gamache.

However, Gamache explained that YPD’s challenge lies in identifying the females to confirm their ages. He said he believes many of the females in the images are under the age of 18 but their ages must be confirmed prior to filing additional charges.

An investigation into Dunn was launched after he allegedly sent a 15-year-old girl a text image of a naked adult woman. When YPD officers searched his residence, Gamache alleged that a partially naked image of the 15-year-old girl (who had reportedly received the inappropriate text message) was discovered among Dunn’s computer files.

According to Gamache, the 15-year-old girl and the one other underage girl are the only females the YPD has allegedly been able to identify in the images to confirm their ages.

Anyone with information about this investigation is urged to contact the YPD’s Crime Clue Line at 841-2345.